The legendary Laika, for instance, was a part-Siberian Husky that had been a stray in Moscow, having already experienced the sad reality of low temperatures and hunger. The Soviet Union’s space dogs were acclimatized to, and trained for, the kind of conditions they would experience in space. These may have been the most high-profile members of the ship’s creature crew, but there were several more too! Sputnik 9 was also home, for a time, to the world’s first guinea pig cosmonaut, not to mention a number of mice and reptiles! Laika’s Legacy He was a mannequin that had been named by the craft’s technicians! The dog was joined by another bold, unusual traveler: Ivan Ivanovic. bLTmdqKpppĬhernushka, or Blackie, set off to orbit the planet aboard Sputnik 9.
The 9 March marks 60 Years since the launch of Sputnik 9, which carried Chernushka the dog and a human dummy into space, demonstrating to the world that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight projects. Sputnik 9’s launch was four years later and had its own canine cosmonaut… along with a whole menagerie of other animals. Before the Soviet Union’s cosmonauts could take off, space dogs, such as the iconic Laika-the first animal to orbit the planet aboard Sputnik 2-were utilized. This test flight took off from Kazakhstan’s Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, a relatively routine operation that continued the line of Sputnik craft-the first of which made history on October 4, 1957, as the first satellite built by human hands.ĭuring this period, the concept of space travel was in its infancy, and stringent safety precautions and tests were being carried out. Sputnik 9, alternatively known as Korabl-Sputnik 4 or Vostok-3KA No. An even more intriguing tale is that of Sputnik 9, which orbited the Earth with one of the most incredible (and furry) crews ever assembled: a guinea pig, mice, reptiles, a dog, and a mannequin!
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The Soviet Union achieved its own incredible feats during the space race, with its Luna 2 becoming the first artificial object to reach the surface of the Moon a full decade before Apollo II did. Needless to say, though, the United States wasn’t the only nation with its sights fixed on space travel. And they did so with remarkably unsophisticated technology- Apollo 11’s computer had a rope for memory! The Furriest Crew Ever Assembled Courageous astronauts, guided by brilliant, often unsung minds like Margaret Hamilton, reached the Moon’s surface for the first and only time to date. The Moon landing of July 20, 1969, remains one of the most significant events in human history.
Nevertheless, there are two particular areas in which we remain largely in the dark about (literally): the depths of Earth’s oceans and outer space. Humanity’s collective knowledge is expanding at an extraordinary rate. Today, confident scientists can at least venture a possible explanation for almost every phenomenon.
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